Species List for Superfamily: Tellinoidea
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- Gari convexa (Reeve, 1857)
Length 85mm, Height 42mm
Pink Sunset Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
Northern and south-western North Island, far northern and southern South Island, Stewart and Chatham Islands
ACFM
- Gari lineolata (Gray, 1835)
Length 65mm, Height 32mm
Pink Sunset Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
North Island, far northern and southern South Island, and Stewart and Chatham Islands
ACFM
- Gari stangeri (Gray, 1843)
Length 76mm, Height 45mm
Purple Sunset Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex and King banks, and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
ACFM
- Heteroglypta contraria (Deshayes, 1863)
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Kermadec Islands, and Indo-West Pacific, also isolated occurrences off Northland
KA - Hiatula nitida (Gray, 1843)
Length 50mm, Height 25mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Low tide level to a few metres
ACFM
- Hiatula siliquens Willan, 1993
Length 51mm, Height 28mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Northern and south-western North Island, far northern and far southern South Island, and Banks Peninsula. Inhabits muddy sands of estuaries and harbours. Low tide level to a few metres
ACF
- Abra profundorum (E.A. Smith, 1885)
Length 26mm
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Southern Kermadec Ridge. Also N Atlantic, Indian, W and central Pacific, including the Tasman Sea
K - Ervilia bisculpta Gould, 1861
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea and Kermadec Islands
K - Leptomya retiaria (Hutton, 1885)
Width 20mm, Height 15mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex Bank, and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Auckland Islands
ACFMAn
- Leptomya retiaria aucklandica Powell, 1955
Width 32mm, Height 21mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Off Auckland Islands, 7-10 metres
An 
- Semele vestalis (Reeve, 1853)
Width 32mm, Height 31mm
Marine, Known from a single specimen, presumably introduced
North Island
A
- Theora lubrica Gould, 1861
Width 10mm, Height 6mm
Marine, Non-indigenous, Colour whitish, almost transparent
Northern North Island, far northern South Island and Banks Peninsula. Asia. Adventive in New Zealand and California
AC
- Coanyax flabellum (Viader, 1951)
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
New Zealand and Indo-West Pacific. Wanganella Bank, Kermadec Islands, Middlesex Bank and Three Kings Islands
KA - Pseudarcopagia disculus (Deshayes, 1855)
Width 40mm, Height 35mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands. Intertidal and immediate sublittoral
ACFM
- Ardeamya spenceri (Suter, 1907)
Width 63mm, Height 36mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Northern and south-western North Island, and north-eastern South Island as far south as Banks Peninsula. Shallow sublittoral
ACF
- Bartschicoma edgari (Iredale, 1915)
Width 51mm, Height 33mm
Marine, Native - Endemic, On sandy beaches. Smooth, with a yellow tinge
North Island and northern South Island as far south as Banks Peninsula
AC
- Bartschicoma gaimardi (Iredale, 1915)
Length 75mm, Height 50mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North and South Island. Shallow sublittoral, on ocean beaches
ACF
- Moerella huttoni (E.A. Smith, 1885)
Width 17mm, Height 11mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Western and north-eastern North Island, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank
ACFM
- Elliptotellina urinatoria (Suter, 1913)
Width 10mm, Height 6mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Bounty and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank
ACFMAn
- Macomona liliana (Iredale, 1915)
Length 81mm, Height 55mm
Wedge Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Intertidal and immediate sublittoral
ACFM
- Pristipagia radians (Deshayes, 1855)
Length 20mm
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Australia to Japan, and Kermadec Islands. Also has been recorded from Easter Island
K
- Serratina charlottae (E.A. Smith, 1885)
Length 38mm, Height 26mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank
ACFM
Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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